The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the f
Converted Ferguson TE20 tractors used by Edmund Hillary's team
Hillary packs a sack in preparation
Hillary with George J. Dufek at Scott Base, just before departure
Lashly Mountains
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The Lashly Mountains are a small group of mountains, the most prominent at 2,550 metres being Mount Crean, standing south of the head of Taylor Glacier and west of Lashly Glacier, in Victoria Land, An
William Lashly, November 1911
Tom Crean taken aboard the Endurance, 1914
Eastern side of Portal Mountain, looking south towards the Angino Buttress; midnight